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- Ep 16: Northern Attitude
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol (published 1842) and hear why we think fans of this story should read Fairest by Gail Carson Levine (published 2006) later.
Highlighted themes: rags-to-riches, injustices of the world and a touch of magic
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Fairest and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
“What Am I” by Ferco [Audio Library Release]. Listen on YouTube.
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1 hr 23 min - Ep 15: Book Club🍁
Welcome to a special episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories— except this time, we're doing a recap episode to let you in on how episodes 11-14 came to be. Plus, hear what books we're Reading Now for even more great recommendations!
Highlighted themes: love stories, surprise endings and feminism.
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTub
47 min - Ep 14: How Did It End?
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and "Sleepy” by Anton Chekhov (published 1894 and 1888) and hear why we think fans of this story should read The Grace Year by Kim Liggett (published 2019) later.
Highlighted themes: freedom, womanhood, and twist endings
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Grace Year and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
"Voyeur" by Jingle Punks (No Copyright Music). Listen on YouTube.
"Cursed Lullaby" – Scary Music – Royalty Free Music from Jonathan Segev. Listen on YouTube or Spotify.
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28 min - Ep 13: She Will Be Loved
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Darling” by Anton Chekhov (published 1899) and hear why we think fans of this story should read The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (published 2011) later.
Highlighted themes: desperation, self-discovery and empowerment
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Girl of Fire and Thorns and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
Reverie (Piano Version) ft. Adarsh PV by Lucjo. Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0. Listen on Spotify or YouTube.
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36 min - Ep 12: Wrecking Ball
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Rememberer” by Aimee Bender and “Wakefield” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (published 1997 and 1835) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (published 1992) later.
Highlighted themes: atypical love stories, dysfunctional relationships and angst
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy Looking for Alibrandi and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
Touchpoint by Audionautix. Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Listen on YouTube.
Lucid by ChillD'em [Audio Library Release]. Listen on YouTube.
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37 min - Ep 11: All the Lonely People
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “The Bowl” by Aimee Bender and “Signs of Life” by Miriam Kuznets (published 1998 and 1987) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (published 2020) later.
Highlighted themes: internal thoughts, memories, and making mountains out of molehills.
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Midnight Library and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
Imaginary by Broken Elegance & Nomyn; Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0. Listen to it on YouTube.
Fragile by A Himitsu, promoted by Audio Library. Listen to it on Spotify or YouTube.
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21 min - Ep 10: Book Club ✨
Welcome to a special episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories— except this time, we're doing a recap episode to let you in on how episodes 5-9 came to be. Plus, hear what books we're Reading Now for even more great recommendations!
Highlighted themes: unique POVs, spin-off books, and trends in art and publishing
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy your books through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTub
1 hr - Ep 9: Journey to the Past
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to "The Singers" by Ivan Turgenev (published 1852) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (published 2005) later.
Highlighted themes: unexpected emotional attachments, appreciation for the arts, and historical settings.
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The Book Thief and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
"Midsommar" by Scott Buckley; licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube.
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55 min - Ep 8: It's Too Late to Apologize
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to three stories, two by Anton Chekhov and one by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1894, 1843 and 1883) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (published 2014) later.
Highlighted themes: regret, unreliable narrators and unexpected consequences.
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy We Were Liars and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
Monogatari by Zackross from Audio Library Plus. Listen on Spotify or YouTube.
Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod; Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0. Listen on Spotify or YouTube.
Scheming Weasel (faster version) by Kevin MacLeod; Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0. Listen on Spotify or YouTube.
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52 min - Ep 7: People Watching
Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories. In this episode, listen now to “Spit If You Call It Fear” by Tyler Barton and “Sometimes You Break Their Hearts, Sometimes They Break Yours” by Marie-Helene Bertino (published 2019 and 2012) and hear why we think fans of these stories should read The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love by Davina Bell (published 2020) later.
Highlighted themes: unique perspectives, unreliable narrators and the meaning of life.
Want to support local booksellers and this podcast? Buy The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love and any other books you want through our Bookshop.org Affiliate Store.
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Music for this episode:
"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on Spotify or YouTube
Mellow Acid by CyberSDF, Creative Commons —Attribution 3.0. Listen on YouTube.
Present by Ikson, promoted by Audio Library. Listen on Spotify or YouTube.
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About Listen Now, Read Later
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Looking to grow your TBR? Welcome to Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that leads you to your next favorite novel by reading you short stories. In each episode, we’ll tie some of our favorite short…
stories to popular novels based on themes, narration, plot, and more. We see connections between stories written by different authors from different places at different times and we want to use those connections to help you find exciting new books to read so that after you Listen Now, you can Read Later. Follow us on Instagram @listennowreadlater for more great bookish content!